So many American audiences have lost confidence in the American team, and these people are involuntarily spreading pessimism.

Even though 400 meters is the strongest event for the US team, and even if the US team has a world record holder of 400 meters, many people are still not optimistic about the US team.

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On the track, Chen Qiang dared not underestimate the US team at all.

The 400-meter sprint is the strongest track and field event for the United States. This was the case in the 1930s and the 21st century in the future. It is no exaggeration to say that the United States' strong position in the 400-meter event has maintained nearly 100 years!

Chen Qiang still remembers that in the 2008 Olympics, the US team won the first, second and third place in the 400-meter men's sprint event, and raised the three-star and striped flags.

Chen Qiang, who comes from the future, knows that the United States is definitely the world's top in the 400m event. Even South African player Van Nikek broke the world record of 400m, it is not enough to shake the United States' dominance in this event. In the 400m event, the overall level of the United States is still too strong.

Unless there is a Bolt-level athlete in the 400-meter event, the US team's dominance in the 400-meter event will never be broken.

"Fortunately, it's still in 1932!" Chen Qiang looked around and found that all the white athletes participating in the competition were white athletes, which made Chen Qiang feel much less pressure.

For 100 meters and 200 meters, the United States sent black athletes to participate, while European countries were white athletes.

In the 400-meter event, there are no black athletes. Black athletes of this era are only active in 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and long jump, which require extremely high explosive power. Black athletes have not participated in track and field sports that have certain technical requirements.

It is a blessing to have no black athletes encountered in the sprint field.

There are six groups in the 400-meter preliminary round, and the top three in each group are still promoted. Chen Qiang was assigned to the third group, and Chen Qiang didn't recognize the other four players in the same group.

The referee also had no trace of ink and soon announced the start of the game.

Four athletes appeared in the first group, among which there were no Americans. The biggest star in this group was German player Adolfo Mezner. This person is very famous in Europe and once followed the German team to break the world record of 4 by 100 meters. At the same time, he also set a world record for men's decathlon in 1929, which means he is an all-round athlete.

However, in the Olympics, he did not participate in the decathlon, but only participated in the 400m competition. Perhaps he felt that the competition in other events was too fierce, and 400m would be easier to achieve results.

In addition to being an athlete, Adolf Mezner is also an excellent doctor. He will also participate in the SS in the future. After the end of World War II, since he was just a military doctor in the SS, he was not sentenced as a war criminal, but was fined 50 marks and gained freedom.

The players who appeared in the first group naturally attracted much attention. Experienced athletes can infer the results needed to advance to the rematch from the results of the first group of athletes.

In the end, Adolf Mezner advanced to the first team with a time of 50.4 seconds. This is obviously not his real strength. After all, it is in the preliminary round, and there is no need for a master like Adolf Mezner to fight desperately.

The second and third places are both 50 seconds 5, which is not a very fast result in 400-meter sports. However, this is much higher than the national record of 400 meters in old China. The national record of 400 meters in old China in history is 50 seconds 7 set by Chen Yinglang.

After seeing this result, Chen Qiang made a general judgment in his mind: "The results of the first group are lower than I thought. If you want to advance from the preliminary round, you should need a result of less than 50 seconds."

Immediately afterwards, the second group of athletes appeared, with only four athletes in this group, including world record holder Ben Iscarman, and Canadian player Jimmy Ball and German player John Shiner.

Jimmy Ball is the holder of the Canadian national record for 400 meters. He participated in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and won the 400-meter silver medal.

John Shiner also participated in the Amsterdam Olympics, when he won the bronze medal in 400 meters.

So this group has world record holders, silver and bronze medal winners from the last Olympics, and the athletes are very strong. However, the fourth player in this group is a Mexican player with no fame, and there is no problem for the first three to advance.

The result was the same. Ben Iscarman won first place with a total of 49 seconds, John Shiner won second with a total of 49 seconds, and Jimmy Ball won third with a total of 49 seconds, and all three of them successfully advanced to the rematch.

In the third group, it was finally Chen Qiang's turn to appear.

There are five players in Chen Qiang's group, and the other four are from Finland, Norway, Sweden and Japan. These four are also unknown athletes and should not be strong. It is not difficult for Chen Qiang to advance.

There are many people paying attention to this group of games, especially the United States. They want to learn about Chen Qiang's 400-meter technology from this game.

In the Tianjin World Games last year, Chen Qiang ran a score of 49.9 seconds. If this score is in later generations, even the standards for national first-class athletes will not meet.

But more than a year has passed, and Chen Qiang is now different from the past. 49 seconds 9, for him, it is simply something he can do by running around.

Over the past year, in addition to improving physically, Chen Qiang has been improving more technically in 400 meters. As Chen Qiang becomes stronger and stronger, Chen Qiang can also use more advanced 400 meters running methods and adopt more scientific physical fitness allocation plans. What follows is a leap in performance improvement.

The 400-meter world record in 1932 was 46.4 seconds. According to the track and field participation standards for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the 400-meter needs to run to 45.95 seconds before reaching the Olympic B-standard. That is to say, the world record in the 1930s. If it reaches 2008, it will not even meet the minimum Olympic participation standards.

From this we can see that in the 1930s, the level of the 400-meter sprint was too far behind.

Chen Qiang looked at the 400-meter preliminary round very lightly, as long as he could ensure his advancement. Moreover, Chen Qiang will also participate in the triple-level long jump competition in the future, so he must save his physical fitness.

Chen Qiang's performance in the 400m event is not outstanding, which makes the coaching staff of the US team breathe a sigh of relief. The last fig leaf of their American sprint was finally saved.

On the track, Chen Qiang's speed slowed down a little, and the Norwegian and Finnish players behind also caught up. The Norwegian player's sprinting ability was very good, and he surpassed Chen Qiang in a blink of an eye. The Finnish player was also on par with Chen Qiang at a distance of 50 meters from the finish line.

As for Japanese and Swedish players, there are a lot of people behind. Chen Qiang looked at the distance. The Japanese player ranked fourth was at least 0.3 seconds slower than him, and the gap was still widening. Obviously, the physical fitness of Japanese athletes is no longer sustainable.

"Asian athletes have a worse level in the 400m event." Chen Qiang thought while continuing to keep pace with Finnish players.

The Norwegian player was the first to cross the finish line and won the first place in the group. His time was 49.5 seconds. The Finnish player accelerated sharply before the finish line and advanced to the second place in the group. His time was 49.8 seconds. Chen Qiang was the third time to cross the finish line, and his time was 49.8 seconds.

In the third place in the group, Chen Qiang just stepped on the threshold to advance, while the Japanese and Swedish players behind had to start at 50 seconds.

Successfully advanced and retained his physical strength to maximize his strength. Chen Qiang felt that this was a successful game, and he showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Three players and coaches from Team USA were also smiling.

The contestants felt that they would be invited to the White House to receive the president's reception.

The coaches felt that they could finally defeat Chen Qiang in the 400-meter event and get some face for the US team!
Chapter completed!